If You Find a Rock in a Creek Bed, Which

question 15

Multiple Choice

If you find a rock in a creek bed, which of the following is true about that rock?

• A) The rock you found has likely been recycled via weathering and erosion at the Earth's surface
• B) The rock you found has been the same rock and has not experienced any changes for all of geologic time
• C) Weathering breaks down rocks into smaller fragments
• D) Sands on a beach represent weathered down sediments but are not considered rocks

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